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Though the counterculture “High Holiday” on April 20 at 4:20 pm is a play on the “420” police code for marijuana , new analysis found it might have some very serious effects. The research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found a 12 percent relative increase in

The flu has ramped up early this year and is rapidly spreading across the country, with widespread flu activity in 46 states, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control . "This is a feature of this year’s flu -- not only did it start early, but it seemed to occur all

Women using hormonal birth control methods -- from the pill, to the ring and implants -- appeared to have a 20 percent higher risk of breast cancer, according to a new study of 1.8 million women in Denmark.

To the index of other news. The police car thief in Florida tonight. Surveillance showing the suspect first stealing a bullet proof vest and then appears to steal an assault rifle. Police are looking for him at this hour. The that midair scale in los Angeles. The engine of a cargo plane catching

Women using hormonal birth control methods -- from the pill, to the ring and implants -- appeared to have a 20 percent higher risk of breast cancer, according to a new study of 1.8 million women in Denmark. The study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, included 1.8 million

The upcoming flu season may be a particularly severe one in the U.S., some medical experts warned today, citing preliminary data from the Southern Hemisphere's waning flu season. The flu vaccine used this year in Australia -- which has the same composition as the vaccine used in the U.S. -- was

Football star Ryan Jensen said that a sleep apnea diagnosis "saved my career," after he could not understand why he was losing his strength and never feeling rested even after being in bed for over 8 hours a night. The Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman told ABC News that three years ago his